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Hubble to get new lease of life The success of recent Shuttle missions has persuaded NASA that it is safe to send astronauts to repair and upgrade the ageing Hubble Space Telescope. Having cancelled all future Shuttle missions to the Hubble on safety grounds following the loss of Columbia in 2003, the agency has now changed its mind and will equip the orbiting observatory with two new instruments. This should keep Hubble operational until about 2013.
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